Folklore & Mythology

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874835304Author Doug LipmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint August House PublishersPublisher August House PublishersWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385195744Author Pinhas SadehFormat PaperbackPage Count 468Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375714467Author Gustav SchwabFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 805gDimensions(mm) 233mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375714467Author Gustav SchwabFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 805gDimensions(mm) 233mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602060821Author Gerald MasseyFormat HardbackPage Count 516Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 1066gDimensions(mm) 262mm * 187mm...

In this concise but wide-ranging study, Luc Brisson describes how the myths of Greece and Rome were transmitted from antiquity to the Renaissance. He argues that philosophy was responsible for saving myth from historical annihilation. Although philosophy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595150175Author Gene KritskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 153mm * 12mm

"Excellent." -The Reader's Review"Anybody contemplating the study and pursuit of folklore . . . will benefit from reading this presentation thoroughly to determine your place in this most exciting scholastic world." -Come-All-YeThis is the most complete...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955647550Author Colin CaterFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Hedingham FairPublisher Hedingham Fair

The ""Travelling People"" of Scotland are the traditionally nomadic minority group known also by the derogatory term ""tinkers."" Traveling in groups or in their individual caravans along the high roads and byways of Scotland, they have established a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780882404066Author Mary Giraudo BeckFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Alaska Northwest BooksPublisher Graphic Arts Center Publishing CoWeight(grams) 186g

The Nart sagas are to the Caucasus what Greek mythology is to Western civilization. This book presents, for the first time in the West, a wide selection of these fascinating myths preserved among four related peoples whose ancient cultures today survive...

"I find him to be a kindred spirit, a sympathetic but shrewd enquirer, a companionable stroller, and a lover of anecdotes gathered by the wayside." So Tim Robinson described folklorist, revolutionary, and district justice Sean Mac Giollarnath, whose...

We have always conjured up creatures never seen in nature, from flying horses and two-headed birds to fire-breathing dragons and enormous killer skunks, as well as fantastic distortions of our own image, from giants to nubile maidens. In these pages you...

Tolkien's wizard Gandalf, Wagner's Valkyrie Brunnhilde, Marvel's superhero the Mighty Thor and the Vikings heading for Valhalla in Led Zeppelin's 'Immigrant Song': these are just a few examples of how Icelandic medieval literature has shaped the human...

For as long as humans have inhabited the earth, we have lived alongside the multitude of other creatures with which we share our planet. However it is undoubtedly true that today most of us are not as close to the animals around us as our forebears were,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394709307Author Jacob GrimmFormat PaperbackPage Count 880Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1058g

Harness the mythic power of the Celtic goddesses, gods, heroes and heroines to aid your spiritual quests and magical goals. This book explains how to use creative ritual and pathworking to align yourself with the energy of these archetypes, whose potent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783856305994Author Wilhelm BleekFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Daimon VerlagPublisher Daimon VerlagWeight(grams) 232g

The county borough of Wrexham is rich in folklore, with an abundance of tales to capture the wonders of the Welsh landscape and all its denizens, both real and imaginary: animal, human and even superhuman. This collection, which includes both traditional...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805203516Author Paul RadinFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken BooksWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 131mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375714511Author Royall TylerFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Pantheon BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 550gDimensions(mm) 233mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375751479Author Thomas BulfinchFormat PaperbackPage Count 896Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812968552Author William Butler YeatsFormat PaperbackPage Count 355Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 300g

What is the role of folklore in the discussion of catastrophe and trauma? How do disaster survivors use language, ritual, and the material world to articulate their experiences? What insights and tools can the field of folkloristics offer survivors for...

The definitive reference work on this topic. `[The author takes] the Celtic world to include both the European continent and the more recent settlements in the British Isles. The entries, admirably broad in scope, conceive religion and culture as...

Fairies have been revered and feared, sometimes simultaneously, throughout recorded history. This encyclopaedia of concise entries, from the Greek nymph Aba to the shy Zips of Central America and Mexico, includes more than 2,500 individual beings and...

The phenomenal success of Tolkien and JK Rowling have restored magical folk to the adult world. The reader will discover that Hobbits hail from Tolkien's aunt's manor farm Bag-End and Harry Potter's Master Dobbs is part of ancient folklore. Fairies are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399162855Author George MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Tarcher/Putnam,USPublisher Tarcher/Putnam,US

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914312014Author Sofia ViscontiFormat PaperbackPage Count 410Imprint Fortune PublishingPublisher Fortune PublishingWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

The mythology of ancient Greece has fascinated readers for two millennia and has formed the basis of Western civilization. The Greek gods are a perennial source of delight because they seem so much like us: in their rages, their love affairs, and their...

This volume gives accounts of the vampire and how its tradition developed in different cultures. Eleven scholars from the fields of Slavic studies, history, anthropology and psychiatry examine the nature of the vampire from its birth in graveyard lore to...

A lone man wanders from swamp to swamp searching for himself, a wolf-girl visits Wales and eats the sheep, a Welsh criminal marries an 'Indian Princess', Lakota men re-enact the Wounded Knee Massacre in Cardiff and, all the while, mountain women practise...

Focusing on Leicestershire and Rutland in central England, this book examines the folklore of the area, such as the seasonal customs, traditions, rituals, and taboos.Book InformationISBN 9780752424682Author Roy PalmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint...

Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians, originally published in 1908 by the American Museum of Natural History, introduces such figures as Old Man, Scar-Face, Blood-Clot, and the Seven Brothers. Included are tales with ritualistic origins emphasizing the...

Stories about dragons, serpents, and their slayers make up a rich and varied tradition within ancient mythology and folklore. In this sourcebook, Daniel Ogden presents a comprehensive and easily accessible collection of dragon myths from Greek, Roman,...

This work provides an analysis of the influence of the classic myth on the study and execution of artistic and scientific endeavours throughout the ages. The book summarizes all the myths and legends of the lesser Gods and heroes, and traces their...

Myth Theorized provides a survey of some key figures and topics in the modern study of myth. The first part of the book discusses the psychoanalysis of myth including a chapter on the extraordinary changes that psychoanalytic theory has undergone, and...

The world's great fables, sagas and legends dramatically retold.Myths are the greatest stories ever told. Passed down over millennia, they are the templates for all our stories, with their eternal themes of creation and destruction, fate and cunning,...

Robin Hood is a national English icon. He is portrayed as a noble robber, who, along with his band of merry men, is said to have stolen from the rich and given to the poor. His story has been reimagined many times throughout the centuries. Readers will...